Elizabeth Bellamy

Elizabeth Bellamy
Elizabeth with her husband Lawrence Kirbridge on her Wedding Day
First appearance	"The Path of Duty"
Last appearance	"A Family Gathering"
Portrayed by	Nicola Pagett
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Nickname(s)	Miss Lizzie
Family	Richard Bellamy (father) Lady Marjorie Bellamy (mother) James Bellamy (brother)
Spouse(s)	Lawrence Kirbridge Dana Wallace
Children	Lucy Elizabeth Kirbridge Several other children with Dana Wallace.

Elizabeth Wallace (Formerly Kirkbridge née Bellamy) is a fictional character in the ITV period drama Upstairs, Downstairs, that was originally broadcast for five series from 1971 to 1975. She was portrayed by Nicola Pagett.

Elizabeth is the daughter of Richard and Lady Marjorie, and was a main character for the first two series, appearing in 13 episodes. The spoiled, self-absorbed younger sister of James, Elizabeth takes a somewhat fleeting interest in various social causes, including socialism and the Suffragette movement. The impulsive Elizabeth defies her parents and marries a poet, Lawrence Kirbridge, but he turns out to have no interest in sex and arranges for his publisher to make love to Elizabeth, and a child is conceived. Soon after Lawrence is sent abroad, and Elizabeth has a relationship with an Armenian. Elizabeth is close to the maid Rose, who frequently calls her "Miss Lizzie", even after marriage.

Elizabeth leaves Upstairs, Downstairs between the second and third series when she moves to New York. The reason for the departure was Nicola Pagett's refusal to appear again, after she was not selected to appear in an Upstairs, Downstairs film. The film was never made.

Elizabeth is born in 1886 to Richard, a Conservative MP, and Lady Marjorie Bellamy, the daughter of the 12th Earl of Southwold, a prominent Conservative politician. She finishes her education at Frau Beck's Finishing School, in Dresden, Germany in 1905, and has her coming out ball in May that year at Londonderry House. She was due to be presented to the King and Queen by her Aunt Kate (Lady Castleton), but runs away from the Ball. Inverting the situation with James, she is close to her father, while having a somewhat strained relationship with her mother (with whom she shares her haughty behavior, though Elizabeth lacks her mother's kindness or maternal feeling).